"I feel amazing," Fuchs said after winning the gold medal. "This tournament was a great experience and now I can focus on making that last step to qualify for the Olympic Games. To win on this international stage gives me plenty of confidence."

The International Boxing Association developed the "test event" tournament as an opportunity to bring together the world's top amateur boxers and acclimate them to the setting where the 2016 Olympics will be held. Six boxers competed in the women's Flyweight division.

Fuchs has not yet qualified for the 2016 Olympics. Fuchs, on the strength of winning the 2015 U.S. Olympic trials in October, has secured a spot in the 2016 AIBA Women's Continental Olympic qualifying event in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which takes place from March 8-20. If Fuchs wins that tournament, then she qualifies for the Olympics.

If Fuchs does not win the tournament in Argentina, she will have another chance to qualify for the Olympic Games during the 2016 Women's World Boxing Championships, which will be held from May 19-27, in Astana, Kazakhstan. If Fuchs finishes in the top four in Kazakhstan, she will qualify for the Olympics.

Ginny Fuch poses for a portrait at Baby Bull Boxing Academy on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, in Houston. Fuch is training for a shot at the 2016 Olympics at the upcoming trials. ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle )

Ginny Fuch poses for a portrait at Baby Bull Boxing Academy on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, in Houston. Fuch is training for a shot at the 2016 Olympics at the upcoming trials. ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle )

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Ginny Fuch poses for a portrait at Baby Bull Boxing Academy on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, in Houston. Fuch is training for a shot at the 2016 Olympics at the upcoming trials. ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle )

Ginny Fuch poses for a portrait at Baby Bull Boxing Academy on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, in Houston. Fuch is training for a shot at the 2016 Olympics at the upcoming trials. ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle )